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Southern Socialites of Big Rich Texas

Everything is bigger in Texas and socialites always do things big. Weather it’s a birthday party or a simple trip to the store, bigger is better. Big Rich Texas premiering on July 17th at 9/8c on the Style Network explores the world of elite mothers and daughters at some of the Dallas’ most exclusive country clubs.

We are about to enter a whole new realm of socialite status. extravagant isn’t even the word for these southern belles gone debutantes because the only thing bigger than their hair, are their bank accounts. New York may be a city of socialites, but Texas is a state of country clubbers who don’t need a Park Ave. high-rise to live the ultimate high life. Watch out New York because big hair and sundresses just may be replacing the NYC staples of leggings and a flat-iron. As an aspiring member of this club, I know I’ll be tuning in.

 

Ivy Club Inspiration

The entire point of an exclusive club is exclusivity. Exclusive clubs line the streets of Midtown bearing the description of a country club without the country.  In the city that never sleeps, there are three tiers of people, those who are members and frequent this elite scene filled with mahogany walls and 1960s charm, those who know the clubs exist, but have yet to catch a glimpse inside, and those who don’t even know they exist.  Days after moving to New York, I became a member of the second tier.  During my first week in NYC sleeping on various friends’ couches, I walked down Park Ave. past the Yale Club on a sizzling late August afternoon.  Seeing that most of my free time was devoted to searching for a job or an apartment (since I had neither,) I rarely had the time to explore the city’s elite venues.  But, on this day I did anyway. After strolling past Grand Central, I shortly ended up in front of the Yale Club of New York and stopped to take a look.  As I stared at the building dreaming of a glamorous future here in the Big Apple, a beautiful bride in a classic white bridal gown pulled up to the Yale Club in an understated black car and I thought, “I’m going to be her today.”